Official Name: | Pekre |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Drava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Maribor |
Area Total Km2: | 5.1 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1464 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.5438°N 15.5917°W |
Elevation M: | 317.9 |
Footnotes: | [2] |
Pekre (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement southwest of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor.[3]
The local landmark is the church on top of a small hill to the east of the main settlement. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows and was built as a pilgrimage church between 1832 and 1835. There are also four small chapel-shrines along the road leading up to the church.[4]
The first military clash between the Yugoslav People's Army and the Slovenian Territorial Defence in Slovenia's war of independence happened in Pekre on 23 May 1991.[5]